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Home  >  Air Italy • Finnair  >  Air Italy Loans An A330 To Finnair It Leased From Qatar Airways
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Air Italy Loans An A330 To Finnair It Leased From Qatar Airways

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 12, 2018October 12, 2018 4 Comments

Air Italy just proved that there is a still a role for middlemen in the aircraft leasing business.

Last month, a Finnair A330-300 (registration # OH-LTS) was clipped by a high loader (those vehicles that load baggage or catering onboard) at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. That took the aircraft out of service, where it has been parked since September 25th.

In order to avoid further service disruptions, Finnair has wet-leased an A330-200 from Air Italy to operate its Chicago and Miami routes. From October 12th-31st, the Air Italy aircraft will operate 4x weekly flights to Chicago and a total of five round-trips to Miami. Air Italy crew will staff the flight along with two language-qualified FAs from Finnair.

The shift from an A330-300 to A330-200 represents a slight downgrade in capacity for Finnair. Air Italy’s A330-200 offer a total of 260 seats (24 business / 236 economy), while Finnair’s A330s have 289 seats in a three-cabin configuration (32 business /40 economy comfort / 217 economy).

Finnair COO Jaakko Schildt told Air Transport World:

The aircraft damage in Chicago was very unfortunate. With a high-quality wet-lease from Air Italy, we can continue operating our Chicago and Miami flights regardless of the aircraft change.

CONCLUSION

It’s a tad ironic that a Qatar Airways planes leased to Air Italy will now be used by Finnair, even as Qatar Airways experiences an aircraft shortage. Is this a downgrade or upgrade for Finnair passengers? Frankly, economy class passengers probably won’t notice much of a difference. Business class passengers, however, move from a horizontal lie-flat seat (like Iberia) to an angled lie-flat seat (like on EgyptAir). That would not make me happy…

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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4 Comments

  1. Billiken Reply
    October 12, 2018 at 1:33 pm

    I don’t think that the sub-lease is ironic. I’d doubt that Air Italy could sub-lease the plane without the lessor’s permission, which also happens to own 49% of the lessee/sub-lessor.

  2. Sam Reply
    October 12, 2018 at 3:57 pm

    The other bigger story here is that Air Italy is postponing the launch of flights to Mumbai & Delhi from Oct 28th to December and halving planned frequency to just 3 weekly flights. That means the flights must have been selling so badly that Air Italy sees it’ll make more cash by leasing the plane to Finnair than flying it to India.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if the lease was extended if that Finnair A330-300 is not ready to fly by November. BA could also use a plane or 2.

  3. Aaron Reply
    October 13, 2018 at 1:55 am

    You’re kind of in a mini anti-Qatar mood, huh?

  4. Pingback: Why American's Partner Finnair is Flying an Air Italy Plane, Despite Doug Parker's Attack on Air Italy - View from the Wing

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